St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-25
Yesterday There Was no Attempt
Made to Kill Him.

NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, May "a
Mr.. William O'Brien arrived here to-
night on his way to Montreal. To-day,
in Hamilton, the following letter was
handed him. 1t was posted in SYRIA
cuse, n. Y, on May 10, and travelled to
all the towns where Mr.. O'Brien had
visited, reaching him at Hamilton:
/ I SYRACUSE, n. Y, May IS, 1887. "a piece
of uadvise. William O'Brien, you black
hearted Irish fool, if you ever make your APP
pearance in Kingston or Ottawa your blood
will run cold. Take my advice and go back
to your black Irish home L will be there. in less
than forty-eight hours.
i'This letter." said Mr.. O'Brien, ''por-
tends something dangerous. | don't
care much about threatening letters, but
the man who wrote that is just the sort
of fellow who shot at me last night"
HAMILTON, Ont, May A.-The Spec
tator in its account of what occurred
last night asserts that shots were fired
from O'Brien'S carriage before the at
lacking party had touched trigger or
adjusted cap. Speaking of this matter
to- the Associated Press reporter, Mr.
o Brien said it was the meanest and
most malign statement which has yet
been made.
at is untrue. 1t is false in every particular
Its statement that COMPOUNDED the report of
frecrackers at first with the report of re-
volver shots need not be entertained. am
not a child and can distinguish the report of
a frecracker from the ominous sound Of q
deadly weapon"
I'm your opinion now, will this statement
affect the remainder of your tour?'
$50 far as it relates to the Canadian cities
which l have yet to visit, it may have most
dangerous and alarming result. What other
effect can it have than TO intiame the minds
of Orangemen, already enough infamed?
Seeing its downright falsehood, it must have
been written with the sole purpose of invit-
ing an attack in Montreal. | am satisfied,
though feel perfectly at ease; felt that a
triumph greater than any | expected had
been accomplished"
But your sympathizers in Toronto are now
an overwhelming majority"
'"True, but neither that nor the most elab-
crate arrangements on the part of the police
can prevent outrage by any rlIfian bad
enough to attempt it, and Orangemen now L
see are bad enough for anything, Judging by
what occurred last night: However, they may
assassinate but they will not intimidate me-
Up to 2:15 o'clock this morning crowds
had surrounded the depot, thinking Mr..
appointed. MI. O'Brien lay in bed
until midday, acting on the advice of
his physician.
TORONTO, May 24.-The sixth annual
session of Orange Young Britons COM
menced here to-day with large attend
ance of delegates. Grand Master Nor
rison in his address referred to the home
rule agitation, which, he said, was being
carried on by unprincipled demagogueS
in Ireland, and while deplOring the
+ breach of law accompanying Mr..
O'Brien's visit to some parts of the
country, expressed pleasure that his
visit had fallen short of his intention to
discredit the representative of her
majesty in this dominion.
LONDON, May 24.-The Daily News
commenting on William O'Brien's Ca
madam trip says:
1.-The tour was ill-advised, but O'Brien has
amply atoned for his error by the courage he
has displayed. and, thanks to the brutality of
his opponents, the harm he might have done
to the cause of home rule will be more than
compensated for by the Indignation of the
majority of Englishmen at his treatment
NEW York, May 24.-The World cor
respondent, who accompanied O'Brien,
was instructed to talk with the Cana
dians on the question of annexation to
the United States. He reports to the
World to-day that the feeling for an
neXatiOn is apparently very strong in
the extreme west end, also in the eX-
treme eastern provinces of Canada.